Traffic indicator



7 Dec. 1, 1931.

H. CAREY TRAFFIC INDICATOR Filed Jan. 14, 1951 I the name of a street or other designation. It

Patented Dec. 1, 1931 UNITED STATES ARROW CORPORATION, OF NEW NEW YORK ATENT OFFICE vIHZARRY LANSING CAREY, OF RICHMOND HILL, YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ILLUMINATED YORK BOUNTY, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF rm'rrro 'INDIGA'JJOR.

Application filed January 14, 1931. Serial-No. 508,770.

dated October 17, 1922. The present im-:

provement is particularly adapted for .use as a stationary trafiic indicator on street corners where it is desirable to denote one way traffic. It is also adapted to show a sign such as is adapted to guide the traflic from town to town. It is also adapted for indoor use such as to guide the trafic to given points.

The objects of thepresent improvement are mainly to better distribute the light reysf and orm y rom' light rays is further assisted by the use of reflectors both in the head and the tail part of the pointer. r 7

Another object of'my present form is to improve the means for permitting ready access to the lamp for the purpose of renewing the bulb or. bulbs and to facilitate this, I provide a removable section such as the one described in the drawings. This removable section also permits the polishing and cleaning of the interior of the arrow or pointer.

The drawings-illustrate a device embody-.

ing my invention as hereinafter claimed.

In the drawings, 7

Fig. 1 isa side elevation of my improved traflic indicator.

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the same.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3,

of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

The body of the arrow shown in the drawings comprises two halves 5 and 6 which are substantially alike,a removable section 7, and

a cap 8 which is secured tothe cross piece 9 of the 'sectlon 7 by means of a screw threaded intosaid cross piece. The section 7 has its end 10 fitting under the edge 11, and has its opposite projecting end 12 fitting in the recess 13. The half 6 of the body has a button 14 screwed thereon for morepermanently holding the section 7 in place.

F The light slots 15, 16, 17, 18'and 19 are made gradually wider as they approach the point, andlikewise the light slots 20, 21, 22 and 23 are made gradually wider as they approach thetail end. Light'slots are also provided at 24.

Each-of the halves 5 and 6 has a lower ex-' tension 25 at the middle part, the two together forming a' tubular hollow part. them is provided with a ledge 26 which serves as a stop when the device is mounted upon any suitable post or bracket having a mem- Each of I her fitting in said tubular part 25. Each of the parts 25 is also provided with two ears 27 by which thetwo parts are screwed or bolted together. p

The'two halves 5 and 6 are also bolted together at 28, 29 and 30. The sides of the parts 5 and 6 may have cast thereon or otherwise suitably secured the words One way as shown at 29*, or any other legend. The let-;

ters of the words or legends are perforated to permit the light ra s to pass through so thai;1 the legend may be easily readableat mg t. 1

The angular members 30 are attached by bolts 31' and serve as reflectors in the head of the arrow. Similar reflectors 32 are attached. in the tail ortion.

The per orations 33 in the letters of the legend are preferably increased in size from the middle art of the arrow toward each of its ends. e purpose of this is to more even ly'dist'ribute the light. The usual position of the li ht bulb is indicated by thedotted' D lines 25 in Fig. 3.

-In using the term slots .in some offthe claims Iint'end that this term be broadly construed as including apertures of various forms which will accomplish the obvious pur-j poses of this invention. I do not'intend to restrict the invention to minor details whlch toward a point at the hea may be changed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

ll claim: v

1. A tra-fiic indicator comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side Walls elongated in the pointive direction and a light internally so positioned that its rays will be projected in a manner to indlcate the pointive direction regardless of visibility of the pointer itself, said slots being of greater width toward each end of said pointer than at the middle part.

2. A trafiic indicator comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side Walls elongated in the pointive direct on and a light internally so positioned thatits rays will be projected in a manner to indicate the pointive direction regardless of visibility of the pointer itself, said pointer being wider at its middle part than at its ends, said slots being of greater width at the polntlve end than toward its middle part.

3. A trailic indicator comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side walls elongated in the pointive direction and a light internally so positioned that its rays 7 will be projected in a manner to indicate the pointive direction regardless of visibility of the pointer itself, said pointer having a removable section in its wall at the middle part, said slots being of greater width at the pointive end than toward its middle part.

4. A traffic indicator comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side walls elongated in' the pointive direction and a light internally so rpositioned that its rays will be projected in a manner to indicate the pointive direction regardless of visibility of the pointer itself, said pointer having a part adapted to receive an internal lighting device, and being wider, from side to side in a substantially horizontal direction, at said part than at the pointive end. 1

5. A traflic indicating device comprising a hollow arrow-shaped pointer formed with light slots convergent to the line of pointive direction, and lighting means within said pointer, said pointer having a removable section in its top middle wall to permit the renewing of lamps and also the cleaning of the inside, said slots being of greater width at the pointive end than towards its middle part.

6. A trafiic indicator comprising a hollow arrow-shaped pointer formed with light slots in its side walls elongated in the pointive direction and a gradual widening of these convergent slots as they approach the head and the tail, abulged middle part tapering oil and tail where reflectors are located, a side band containing the name or legend with apertures throu h each letter, and a removable section over t e central portion where a light is ir ternally so positioned that its rays will be projected in a manner to indicate the legend expressed pointive direction regardless of visibilityof the pointer itself; and means for clamping said pointer to that on which it is mounted.

7. A trafiic indicator comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side walls'which gradually widen as they converge from the bulged middle part toward the tapering ends where reflectors are located and a side band expressing the legend desired with apertures through each letter, and a-removable cover over the middle part where a light is internally so positioned that its rays will be projected in a manner to indicate the pointive direction regardless of visibility of the pointer itself.

8. A traffic indicating device comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side walls elongated in the pointive direction, said pointer having a part adapted to receive an internal lighting device and being wider at said part than at the pointive end, said slots being wider as they approach the pointive end.

9. A trafiic indicating device comprising a hollow pointer formed with light apertures in its side walls elongated in the pointive direction, the apertures being larger as they approach the pointive end than at the middle part.

10. A traiiic indicating device comprising a hollow pointer formed with light apertures in its side Walls elongated in the pointive direction, said pointer having a part adapted to receive an internal lighting device, and said apertures being smaller at said part than at the pointive end.

11. A traffic indicating device comprising a hollow pointer formed with light slots in its side walls, both at its pointing end and at its tail end, and lighting means within said pointer intermediate of the slots in the pointing end and those in the tail end, said slot-s being open so as to permit the rays of light from said lighting means to pass freely through the slots in a manner to indicate the pointive direction regardless of. visibility of the pointer itself, the light-emitting area of said slots being greater at the pointing end than at the middle part of said indicating device.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of January, 1931.

HARRY LANSING CAREY. 

